The financial burden of physical inactivity
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The economic burden of physical inactivity in Canada.
BACKGROUND About two-thirds of Canadians are physically inactive. As a risk factor for several chronic diseases, physical inactivity can potentially be a substantial public health burden. We estimated the direct health care costs attributable to physical inactivity in Canada, the number of lives lost prematurely each year that are attributable to a sedentary lifestyle and the effect that a redu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sport and Health Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2095-2546
DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2013.12.003